Name ______________________ Date___________________ Period ___1____ Grade AP LIT_
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Your Task:
Write a critical essay in which you discuss a quote for the play Oedipus Rex from the particular
perspective
of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid
interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it,
and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the
work. You may use scrap paper to plan your response.
Critical Lens:
“Here is the truth of each man’s life: we must wait, and see
his end, scrutinize his dying day, and refuse to call him
happy till he has crossed the border of his life without pain.”
─Oedipus
“Oedipus the King”
from Oedipus: Oedipus the King, Sophocles 430-425 B.C.E.
Guidelines:
Be sure to
 Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes the criteria
for analysis
 Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it
 Choose works you have read that you believe best support your opinion
 Use criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works you have chosen
 Avoid plot summary. Instead, use specific references to appropriate literary elements
(for example: theme, characterization, setting, point of view) to develop your analysis
 Organize your ideas in a unified and coherent manner
 Specify the titles and authors of the literature you choose
 Follow the conventions of standard written English